1. Which HR figure championed the
back-to-Africa movement and was hailed as a "Black Moses" during his lifetime?
(BONUS QUESTION: What organization did this HR figure found to promote racial pride?)
2. What was the controversial title to Carl Van Vechtens famous 1826 novel about
the black culture of Harlem's jazz clubs, cabarets, and social events? (BONUS QUESTION:
What city is Carl Van Vechtens hometown?)
3. What role did Jack Carter originate in DuBose Heywards Porgy? (BONUS
QUESTION: What notable theatrical and film director directed the first stage productions
of Porgy and Heywards and George and Ira Gershwins musical adaptation Porgy
and Bess?)
4. What name did Harlems intellectuals coin to refer to themselves? (BONUS
QUESTION: What quarterly was considered the "manifesto" of the Harlem
Renaissance?)
5. Who is considered to be the inspiration for the literary movement that sparked the
Harlem Renaissance? (BONUS QUESTION: What did the his initials stand for?)
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1. Marcus Garvey (Universal Negro Improvement Association [UNIA])
2. Nigger Heaven (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
3. Crown (Rouben Mamoulian)
4. "Niggerati" (Fire!)
5. W.E.B. DuBois (William Edward
Burghardt)